User:TAP7859/Same-sex foster to adopt in Texas

== History in Texas ==

=== Texas does not have have a great track record when it comes to same-sex foster to adopt. This is especially true when a couple are wanting to both adopt a child. The law has given one parent permission to adopt. === How Two Court Cases Changed the History of Gay adoption:

The first case giving same-sex couples the right to marry was Obergefell v. Hodges, then the next huge decision came In 2016, when a federal judge struck down a Mississippi law banning adoption by same-sex couples. This was the last decision that would block same-sex couples from adopting giving them hope.

Because of these two famous decisions same-sex couples now more than at any other time are being allowed to petition the court in order to foster and/or adopt.
==== A Review of Research ==== Are the outcomes for children of gay, lesbian, or bisexual parents in general the same as those for heterosexual parents? That controversial question is discussed here in a detailed review of the social science literature in three parts: (1) stability of same-sex parental relationships, (2) child outcomes, and (3) child outcomes in same-sex adoption.